640222 - Allow PropertyPanels to limit their scope via prototype

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(DevTools :: Console, defect, P3)

Description

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

Currently the PropertyPanels (in Inspector and Web Console) display every property visible to that object. We should provide a means to navigate up and down the prototype chain to limit property visibility.

Options for the visibility could be:

* "For Only This Prototype" to show only properties available at the selected Prototype.

* "Properties After This Prototype" to show all properties between the selected Prototype and the "bottom" of the inheritance chain.

* "Properties Before This Prototype" to show all properties prior to the selected prototype in the inheritance chain.

Prototype selection should be available by a dropdown.

Comment 1

[Mihai Sucan [:msucan]]

Things are changing with bug 808370: when you inspect an object you only see its own properties. You can expand the prototype to see the rest of the properties, and navigate the prototype chain.

We should probably mark this as RESOLVED - but I am not sure which resolution. Thoughts?

Comment 2

[Mihai Sucan [:msucan]]

Bug 808370 landed. Variables view seems to fix the problem reported here. Reopen if needed.